French Imports

Stuart Ng Books is the largest importer of French Bande Dessinee (and related art books) in the United States. We select and stock new titles and current releases and source them directly from the French publishers and distributors. We carry the most mainstream publishers such as Casterman, Dargaud, And Dupuis, to boutique publishers such as Comix Buro, Stardom and Bruno Graff. We also buy and sell used, secondhand, and collectible Bande Dessinee and related art books from collectors here and abroad.

 
Appollo, Herve Tanquerelle, Appollo, Tanquerelle, Herve, Very Fine, Dargaud, Paris, 2014, 1st, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"Thieves of Carthage" Part 2 of 2. Adventure, humor and history set in ancient Carthage (North Africa). With The Night of Baal-Moloch, the second half of...

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Fabrice Tarrin, VF, Yann, Tarrin, Fabrice, Dupuis, 2007, Later, pictorial boards, French

This is one in a series of "one-shot" Spirou et Fantasio albums in which different writers and artists are allowed to tell a Spirou et Fantasio story set...

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Tebo, One of 900 signed & numbered copies, Very Fine, Tebo, Comix Buro, 2010, 1st, wraps, French

From the publisher: "Humor, gags and fight ... the Sketchbook Tebo is full of energy ! "Tebo, the father of Captain Biceps, here reveals more personal...

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Makyo, Toldac, Tehem, Makyo, Toldac, Tehem, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Marcinelle, Dupuis, 2015, 1st, 9782800156569, 12.5 inches, 9.5 inches, 72 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This is one in a series of "one-shot" Spirou et Fantasio albums in which different writers and artists are allowed to tell a Spirou et Fantasio story set...

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One of 900 numbered copies signed by the artist, Very Fine, Toru Terada, Terada, Toru, Comix Buro, 2011, 1st, Softcover, wraps, French

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Absurdus Delirium 2
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T.P. Bigart, Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats), Bigart, T.P., Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats), Near Fine, issued without dustjacket (spine faded, mild rubbing to covers, interior Fine), Paris, Fluide Glacial, 1992, 1st, 2858151539, 11.5 inches, 9 inches, 52 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Out of print. Tha is a Spanish artist/cartoonist. This is a compilation of the one-pagers he started in 1982: "Short stories of delirious and...

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Absurdus Delirium 3
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Fine, Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats), Tharrats, Joan, Tha (Joseph-August Tharrats), Fluide Glacial, 1997, 1st, 2858152187, 11.5 inches, 9 inches, 52 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Out of print. Tha is a Spanish artist/cartoonist. This is a compilation of the one-pagers he started in 1982: "Short stories of delirious and intelligent...

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Jean-Christophe Thibert, VF, Siro, Thibert, Jean-Christophe, Glenat, 2007, pictorial boards, French

Text in French.

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Stan Caiman Est Epatant! (Fine)
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Fine, François Thomas, Thomas, François, Dargaud, 1987, 1st, 2205033883, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The second album collecting the outrageous adventures of Stan Caiman from the pages of French Penthouse magazine. Beautiful clear line artwork coupled with...

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François Thomas, NF (light cover wear), Thomas, François, Dargaud, 1987, 1st, pictorial boards

The second album collecting the outrageous adventures of Stan Caiman from the pages of French Penthouse magazine. Beautiful clear line artwork coupled...

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Louis Thomas: Portraits
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Louis Thomas, Thomas, Louis, Limited to 500 copies, Very Fine, Editions de Pipo, Paris, 2016, 1st, 12 inches, 8.25 inches, 144 pages, 81 full-page and over 50 smaller color illustrations and 24 black & white illustrations, Softcover, wraps, French

A collection of portraits by Louis Thomas, a book, magazine and advertising illustrator and a visual development artist and character designer in the...

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Raynal Pellicer, Titwane, Pellicer, Raynal, Titwane, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, La Martiniere, Paris, 2020, 9782732492100, 10 inches, 7.5 inches, 192 pages, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"Charles de Gaulle -- Embedded aboard the nuclear aircraft carrier" A travel diary that offers a documentary-style dive into the daily life of the...

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Black & Tans
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Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2007, 12 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Three stories: Bois Brocelan, Black & Tans, and Solitudinis Morbus. Text in French.

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Fable Toscane et autres récits
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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Mosquito, St. Egreve, 2021, 9782352839026, 12 inches, 9.5 inches, 88 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The latest collection of Toppi short stories. An English translation, if any, is years away. From the publisher: This collection of 5 stories by...

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Il Poema della Perla
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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Limited to 1500 copies, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, St. Egreve, Mosquito, 2018, 1st, 978-2-35283-448-9, 13.4 inches, 10 inches, 42 pages, 20 full page color illustrations and 15 smaller illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, Italian

The latest volume in this art book series featuring fine reproduction on high quality paper, hardbound with a cloth spine and limited to 1,500 copies. In...

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Ile Pacifique
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Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2006, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A story of South Pacific islanders. Text in French.

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Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2012, 1st, 13.4 inches, 10 inches, 64 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French, Italian

A beautiful limited edition Toppi art book collecting 50 watercolor paintings reproduced as full page illustrations and 60 smaller illustrations (ink or...

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Köllwitz 1742
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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Mosquito, St. Egreve, 2020, 9782352835356, 12 inches, 9.5 inches, 72 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The latest collection of Toppi short stories. An English translation, if any, is years away. From the publisher: From the battlefields of the King...

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Jean-Louis Roux, Sergio Toppi, Roux, Jean-Louis, Toppi, Sergio, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Mosquito, St. Egreve, 2021, 9782352839118, 9.5 inches, 6.7 inches, 54 pages, 36 color illustrations, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"The legend of Conair Mór, King of Ireland" with 36 colorful illustrations/decorations. From the publisher: Sergio Toppi left us an intriguing...

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Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2004, 1st thus, 12 inches, 9 inches, 52 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French, French

The second book in this series about a mysterious stranger wandering through the 18th century American West. Think of Lee Van Cleef in the Sergio Leone...

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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, St. Egreve, Mosquito, 2005, 1st, 9782908551882, 12 inches, 9 inches, 52 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

The last book in this series about a mysterious and eccentric collector in the 19th century. Published in an English language omnibus, this is the...

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Le Dossier Kokombo
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Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2012, 1st thus, 12 inches, 9 inches, 56 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Two mysterious African objects with a dark history arrive in an antique shop. Toppi follows the bloody history in this beautiful new reprint, just now being...

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Le Mors aux Dents
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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Limited to 1500 copies, Very Fine, Mosquito, St. Egreve, 2014, 1st, 13.5 inches, 10 inches, 64 pages, 50 full page color illustrations and 60 black & white illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French, Spanish, Italian

This is one of Toppi's last works, a collection of illustrations and sketches of horses, war horses, and a race of indomitable mares .... The latest...

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Ogoniok
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Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2013, 1st, 12 inches, 9 inches, 64 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Three Russian folktales set in the late 19th century. The shaman Ogoniok, the vengeful ghost Kas-Cej, and the greatest of conquerors each appear in Toppi's...

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Sabbat
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Limited to 1000 copies, Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito, 2013, 1st, 2352830834, 13.4 inches, 10 inches, 64 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French, Italian

A collection of new Toppi illustrations and sketches on the theme of women/witches and demons with ironic lines written by the artist: "Witches are not ugly...

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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
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Very Fine, Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Mosquito Editions, 2012, 1st, 235283077X, 9 inches, 9 inches, 128 pages, color and black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, Italian

Mosquito continues to publish Toppi's illustration work, and this time they collect the drawings of famous historical figures published in "Il Giornalino".....

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Une Armée Immobile
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Sergio Toppi, Toppi, Sergio, Fine, issued without dustjacket, St. Egreve, Mosquito, 2020, 1st, 9782352835387, 12 inches, 9.5 inches, 112 pages, color illustrations, Hardcover, cloth spine, pictorial boards, French

An amazing book! 137 color photos of Toppi's handmade soldier figures alongside approximately 100 color and black & white Toppi drawings and studies....

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Olympe et Autres Recits
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Daniel Torres, Torres, Daniel, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Aedena / Dargaud, 1986, 1st, 9782905035288, 11.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 112 pages, black & white, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This retrospective volume collects early works by this Spanish master of retro-futurism. Olympe et Autres Recits (Olympus and Other Stories) includes short...

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Daniel Torres, Torres, Daniel, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Milwaukie, Dark Horse, 2005, 1st, 978-1-59307-427-2, 11.875 inches, 8.75 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, English

Out of print. From the publisher: Shape-shifting robots! An interstellar conspiracy! Who can be trusted? Rocco Vargas betrayed! In the world of the...

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Les Yeux Perdus
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Diego Agrimbau, Juan Manuel Tumburus, Agrimbau, Diego, Tumburus, Juan Manuel, Very Fine issued without dustjacket, Paris, Dargaud, 2022, 1st, 9782205089769, 12.6 inches, 9.45 inches, 80 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

"The Lost Eyes." A dark Grand Guignol tale with a decidedly Ghastly Graham Ingels look. Beheadings, cannibalism, eyes plucked from skulls, emaciated...

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Valp, Valp, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Delcourt, 2017, 1st, 978-2-7560-5766-8, 11.75 inches, 9 inches, 56 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

A beautifully and stylishly illustrated steampunk adventure with a fair amount of cheesecake. Written, illustrated and colored by Valp whose Comix Buro...

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Near Fine (light crease to the cover), Georges Van Linthout, Rodolphe, Van Linthout, Georges, Casterman, 1999, 1st, 9782203007765, Softcover, pictorial boards, French

A graphic adaptation of "On the Waterfront" by Budd Schulberg.

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Sur Les Quais (Very Fine)
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Very Fine, Georges Van Linthout, & Rodolphe, Van Linthout, Georges, Casterman, 1999, 1st, Softcover, pictorial boards, French

A graphic adaptation of "On the Waterfront" by Budd Schulberg.

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Olivier Vatine, Alberto Varanda, Vatine, Olivier, Varanda, Alberto, Signed by Olivier Vatine, Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Glenat, 2018, 1st, 978-2344030790, 12.75 inches, 9.5 inches, 72 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Signed by Olivier Vatine at our booth at San Diego Comic-Con! Vatine signed this book and then embossed the page with his custom blind stamp! Script,...

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l'Humain
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Diego Agrimbau, Lucas Varela, Agrimbau, Diego, Varela, Lucas, Very Fine, issued without dustjacket, Paris, Dargaud, 2019, 1st, 9782205080476, 11.25 inches, 8.5 inches, 144 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

I am a big fan of Argentinean artist Lucas Varela and his previous albums L'Heritage du Colonel and Le jour le plus long du futur (a wordless graphic...

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L'Heritage Du Colonel
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Lucas Santiago Varela, VF, Trillo, Carlos, Varela, Lucas Santiago, Delcourt, 2008, 1st, pictorial boards, English

From the publisher: "Somewhere in an (almost) democratic Argentina, Elvio Guastavino, an insignificant little functionary, lives with his aging mother....

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Aquablue 1: Nao
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Near Fine (some rippling to the laminate on the covers, tight, clean, bright), Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 1989, 2nd, 12.75 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Vatine made his name with this book. On a distant planet, a human boy is adopted by a race of aquatic humanoids. As an adult, he must help defend them...

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Aquablue 1: Nao
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 2006 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This album first appeared in 1988.

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Aquablue 1: Nao
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 1989, 2nd 1997, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Vatine made his name with this book. On a distant planet, a human boy is adopted by a race of aquatic humanoids. As an adult, he must help defend them...

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Aquablue 2: Planete Bleue
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 2003 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This album first appeared in 1989.

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Aquablue 2: Planete Bleue
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 1989, 1997 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This 1997 printing retains the original coloring and cover which are no longer available. Text in French.

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Aquablue 3: Le Megophias
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 2006 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This album first appeared in 1991.

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Aquablue 3: Le Megophias
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 1990, 1997 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This 1997 printing retains the original coloring and cover which are no longer available. Text in French.

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Aquablue 4: Corail Noir
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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 2003 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 48 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

This album first appeared in 1993.

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Very Fine, Olivier Vatine, Cailleteau, Thierry, Vatine, Olivier, Delcourt, 1999, 2004 printing, 12.7 inches, 9 inches, 230 pages, color, Hardcover, pictorial boards, French

Vatine made his name with this series. On a distant planet, a human boy is adopted by a race of aquatic humanoids. As an adult, he must help defend them...

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Christophe Arleston, Olivier Vatine, Arleston, Christophe, Vatine, Olivier, Limited to 1500 copies, Fine, Soleil, Toulon, 2009, 1st, 15 inches, 10.5 inches, 49 pages, black & white, hardcover, pictorial boards, French

An out-of-print limited edition oversize album reproducing Vatine's inked pages prior to coloring. Cixi is a recurring character in Christophe Arleston's...

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Olivier Vatine, One of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist, VF plates in a Fine folder, Vatine, Olivier, Comset, 1996, 1st, 16 inches, 12.25 inches, 6 color plates

Six 12" x 16" color plates of playful pin-up nudes with animal friends.

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Olivier Vatine, Vatine, Olivier, Signed by the artist, Very Fine, Delcourt, Paris, 2009, 1st, 8.25 inches, 6 inches, 352 pages, black & white, softcover, French wraps, French

Signed by Olivier Vatine at our booth at San Diego Comic-Con! Vatine signed this book and then embossed the page with his custom blind stamp! The...

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